On 2017-09-10 04:51:36 +0000, Chaya Eve said:
On Sat, 9 Sep 2017 14:02:17 +0000 (UTC), Chaya Eve
wrote:

I think though, that we might just have to enforce loading of the font
package onto the Macs to solve the problem the /easiest/ way, even though
that solution doesn't meet the original specification.

Once the project is done, we would then delete the fonts from the Macs.

Is there an easy way to DELETE fonts on the Mac after the fact, like there
is with Windows FontFrenzy "de-fonting" software?

I'm going to guess that installing, embedding, and then deleting fonts on
the Mac is as easy as it is on Windows, which was as easy as copying the
font file to the "C:\Windows\Fonts\" directory as the unzipped free
font file named: "C:\Windows\Fonts\Roadgeek 2005 Series B Regular.ttf"
44KB
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It depends on what version of Mac OS X they are using. The best place
to put fonts is in the "Fonts" folder inside their own user's system
folder (called "Library") ... BUT it will only be available to that one
user account. You can of course repeat the process for each user
account.

One way is to use the application "Font Book" (comes with Mac OS X) to
add / remove fonts.

Another way is to manually copy the font file to the appropriate
folder. It used to be easy on a Mac, but in the newest version of Mac
OS, Apple hides the user's system folder ... supposedly to stop people
playing around and screwing it up.

In newer versions of Mac OS X you can still get to the user's system
folder. It's just a bit less obvious:

1. In the Finder choose "Go to Folder" from the "Go" menu.

2. Type in "~/Library/Fonts" (without the quote marks).

3. Put new font files in there - either drag the font file
across or use copy-paste.


Under older versions of Mac OS X:

1. Open up the computer's boot drive.

2. Open the "Users" folder.

3. Open the folder with their user name.

4. Open then the "Library" folder.

5. Open the "Fonts" folder.

6. Put new font files in there - either drag the font file
across or use copy-paste.





If they want the font to be installed for every user, then it's best to
put the font file in the "Fonts" folder inside the main Mac OS X system
folder ("Library") ... but they'will need to know an admin password for
the computer to be able do that.

1. Open up the computer's boot drive.

2. Open then the "Library" folder.

3. Open the "Fonts" folder.

4. Put new font files in there - either drag the font file
across or use copy-paste.